Nicholas Li
Biographic Data
| ID | 6205171 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Li |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Li |
| SIGNATURE | LI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-4269-7682 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Measuring socioeconomic status in historical censuses of Canada
In-kind transfers, marketization costs and household specialization
Women’s work in India
An Engel Curve for Variety
I examine the source and welfare implications of differences in household consumption diversity. I document the existence of a positive correlation between household variety and expenditure to motivate a simple framework where households purchase more varieties to counteract diminishing returns to quantity but face location-specific costs of accessing variety. Estimating the model with Indian household data, I find that the increase in dietary di…
Market Structure and Cost Pass-Through in Retail
We examine the extent to which vertical and horizontal market structure can together explain incomplete retail pass-through. To answer this question, we use scanner data from a large U.S. retailer to estimate product level pass-through for three vertical structures: national brands, private label goods not manufactured by the retailer, and private label goods manufactured by the retailer. Our approach circumvents issues associated with internal f…
Market Structure and Cost Pass-Through in Retail
We examine the extent to which vertical and horizontal market structure can together explain incomplete retail pass-through. To answer this question, we use scanner data from a large U.S. retailer to estimate product level pass-through for three vertical structures: national brands, private label goods not manufactured by the retailer, and private label goods manufactured by the retailer. Our approach circumvents issues associated with internal f…
An Engel Curve for Variety
I examine the source and welfare implications of differences in household consumption diversity. I document the existence of a positive correlation between household variety and expenditure to motivate a simple framework where households purchase more varieties to counteract diminishing returns to quantity but face location-specific costs of accessing variety. Estimating the model with Indian household data, I find that the increase in dietary di…
Women’s work in India
In-kind transfers, marketization costs and household specialization
Measuring socioeconomic status in historical censuses of Canada
Economics (4 works) · Agricultural economics (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Caste (1 work)